The World Heavyweight Championship is one of the greatest then present World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), is one of
the two major titles in the Federation, and is on the roster of Smackdown. On the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is
the direct heir of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in particular design, but the WWE has not confirmed the direct
relationship between the two securities, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship was first renamed the World Championship
at l ' angle of the invasion and was united to the then WWF Championship from Chris Jericho at Vengeance pay-per-view
2001 to give life to the WWE Undisputed Championship.

The introduction of the belt with its present name dates back to 2002, the WWE Champion Brock Lesnar signed an exclusive
contract with SmackDown!, In fact contract that obliged him to defend it only on the roster at that time led by
Stephanie McMahon. The GM of RAW, Eric Bischoff, he did not want the most important title of show number one in the
Federation of Stamford became the Intercontinental Championship and opted for the introduction of a world title for the
roster, which he leads. The first World Heavyweight Championship was handed over to Triple H office September 2, 2002.
The reason for allocating directed at Triple H was simple: Hunter was the last wrestler to hold the WCW Title before it
was merged with the WWE Title belt and become one.
The Undertaker with the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIV is the current holder of the title. On the
same night Triple H defended the title against the one just assigned that would soon become one of his best allies, "The
Nature Boy" Ric Flair: Flair got a shot in fact arguing that the belt belonged to the right, having won fourteen times
between NWA and WCW. Flair but failed to wrest the title from HHH. Being the closest descendant of the overall title of
the design of the defunct WCW World Heavyweight Champion belt is the same as the WCW Championship, apart from some minor
changes. During the draft lottery of 2005, the World Heavyweight Championship switched to SmackDown! as its keeper
Batista was one of the draws for the transfer of roster. On that occasion the WWE Championship and the owner to have
taken the opposite path. During the reign as the champion of Rey Mysterio, from April to July 2006, the title was
renamed World Championship and then return with the World Heavyweight Championship reign of King Booker. On 30 June
2008, the belt is tornta to represent the rosters of Raw: During an episode of the show, the wrestlers on Raw CM Punk
beat Edge sample, representative of SmackDown. At No Way Out 2009 the title is reclaimed by the Edge, making it an
exclusive to SmackDown. On 5 April 2009 at Wrestlemania 25 John Cena graduated sample for the second time bringing the
title to Raw. On 26 April 2009 at Backlash the title back to Smackdown thanks to Cena defeated Edge in a Last Man
Standing match.